Society in the 1950s-1960s

1. Society in the 1950s-1960s

2. 1940s Music Not so great.

3. Identify the changes in the music industry brought about by Tennessee's influence

4. Music in Tennessee • Country Music • Nashville • Home of Country Music • Grand Ole Opry • Weekly Country Music Variety Show in Nashville • Called the show that made Country Music Famous • WSM • Radio network the Grand Ole Opry is carried on

7. Music in Tennessee • Rock and Roll • Sun Records • Famous Rock Recording Studio • Carl Perkins • Jerry Lee Lewis • Johnny Cash • Elvis Presley

11. Music in Tennessee • Elvis Presley • Born in Tupelo, MS • King of Rock n’ Roll • Home in Memphis- Graceland

15. Music in Tennessee • Stax Records • African American music • Memphis • Biggest star- Otis Redding

17. Evaluate socio-economic impact of the post World War II Baby Boomer generation

18. Baby Boomers • Generation that consisted of Children of WWII veterans

20. Media and Entertainment • Television • Became a national sensation of the 1950s • Sitcoms that portray only stable families

21. 1955

22. Education • Education • National Defense Education Act • Produce more scientists and science teachers • Baby Boomers • First generation to focus on education

23. Housing • Suburbia • Families moving to the outskirts of cities • Because • Affordable housing • Lower crime rates

25. Counter-Culture • Counterculture • Reaction against conservative social norms of the 1950’s • Hippies • Movement based on free love and peace • Bikers

26. American Society • Generation gap • Lack of understanding and communication between the older and younger generations • This will cause the Counter-Culture movement of the 1960s

27. Cold War’s Affect on America

28. Recognize domestic impact of the Cold War on American society

29. Communism • Red Scare • Americans feared Communism’s spread in America • A Communist take over • McCarthyism • Senator Joe McCarthy’s witch hunt for communists in America • said he had a list consisting of • Hollywood Stars • Government Officials

31. Medical Advancements • Polio vaccine • Polio was an airborne illness that led to paralysis • plagued the US for 50 years • Vaccine • Jonas Salk Invented the Polio vaccine • Ended Polio in America • 1st open heart surgery • Cortisone

33. Infrastructure • Interstate System • Built by President Eisenhower • Built to allow military supplies to be shipped from coast to coast quickly • Vital part of our economy • transport of goods

35. Space Race • Space Race • Called Space Race b/c it was a competition b/t us and the Soviets • Soviet Union launches Sputnik • We respond by announcing we will go to the moon 1st

36. Apollo 11 • July 20, 1969 • We land on the moon

37. Cuban Missile Crisis

38. Recognize the altered American approach to foreign policy

39. Our Foreign Policy towards Communist • Brinkmanship • practice of pushing a dangerous situation on the verge of disaster in order to achieve the best outcome for the US

40. Bay of Pigs • We did not want Cuba to be Communist • To close to US • We carried out a mission to overthrow Cuba’s leader (Castro) • Failed miserably

41. Results of the Bay of Pigs • Castro not happy • Castro Aligns himself with our enemy the Soviets b/c of the Bay of Pigs • Soviets installed Nuke missiles in Cuba

43. Cuban Missile Crisis-1962 • The US felt threatened • A blockade of Cuba begins • The US began a stand off against the Soviets • Any attack would result in a full scale Nuclear war • Lasted 13 days • US agreed: not to interfere with Cuba. • USSR agreed: to withdraw nuclear weapons • After Missile Crisis US and Soviets returned to a state of Peaceful Coexistence